Saw

Saw

Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {2}

How we read this card

Equipped creature gets +2/+0.

static — gives +2/+0

Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may sacrifice a permanent other than that creature or this Equipment. If you do, draw a card.

triggered —

triggered — draws you 1 card

Equip {2}

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, draw a card.

Cares about: a creature attacks, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Saw, it draws you cards
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Saw, it exiles a Nightmare

a nontoken Equipment enters the battlefield — 649 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

  1. Firion, Wild Rose Warrior — When Saw enters, Firion, Wild Rose Warrior makes a token

an Equipment enters the battlefield — 658 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

  1. Puresteel Paladin — When Saw enters, Puresteel Paladin draws you 1 card
  2. Sokka and Suki — When Saw enters, Sokka and Suki makes a token
  3. Barret, Avalanche Leader — When Saw enters, Barret, Avalanche Leader makes a token
  4. The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster — When Saw enters, The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster draws you 1 card
  5. Giott, King of the Dwarves — When Saw enters, Giott, King of the Dwarves draws and discards
  6. Hammer of Nazahn — When Saw enters, Hammer of Nazahn triggers
  7. Sigarda's Aid — When Saw enters, Sigarda's Aid triggers

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

Saw puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Pre-War Formalwear — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Saw:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

  1. Chainsaw — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Chainsaw puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  6. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Saw, it draws you 1 card
  7. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Saw, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Saw, it makes you lose life

451 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Saw:

  1. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  2. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  3. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Saw, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Darksteel Forge — Darksteel Forge gives Saw indestructible

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies untap to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Unwinding Clock — Unwinding Clock gives Saw an extra untap

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Saw, it exiles itself

16 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Saw is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Saw fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Saw fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

441 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Glaring Fleshraker — When Glaring Fleshraker attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature
  2. Eldrazi Mimic — When Eldrazi Mimic attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature
  3. The Peregrine Dynamo — When The Peregrine Dynamo attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature
  4. Abstruse Archaic — When Abstruse Archaic attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature
  5. Virulent Silencer — When Virulent Silencer attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature
  6. Twins of Discord — When Twins of Discord attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature
  7. Reflective Golem — When Reflective Golem attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature
  8. Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands — When Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature
  9. Otarian Juggernaut — When Otarian Juggernaut attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature
  10. Sundering Archaic — When Sundering Archaic attacks, Saw sacrifices a creature

17,924 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.